Journal: Leo Sayer, Amsterdam, and Romantic Heroes

— We Also Saw Leo Sayer, 14 May 2010 — I once had a friend who had leg troubles. One leg, I think, was shorter than the other. I too have that problem but it hasn’t stopped me from making something of myself. Anyway, this friend of mine sent out a Christmas card with a […]

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Journal: Rabbits, Helsinki, and Vramt!

— Bunny Rabbit! 30 April 2010 — We (Cathy, Bo Jacob, and I) are on the road. It’s nice to be out here making music with my friends. Bo hasn’t toured with us for 25 years. He lives in Virginia. He’s about 5’9”. He looks good to me now. He took a government job and for some years was in […]

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Journal: Global Warming, Austria, and Kanye West

— GLOBAL WARMING, 24 July 2006 — We’re in Nice on a day off. Ahead are two more shows, one in Stuttgart and one in Lörrach. My fellow geography bores will be interested to learn that Lörrach is just barely in Germany. It’s right on the Swiss border so I expect it to be strict […]

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Journal: La Dolce Vita, Slovenia, O and Ka

— LA DOLCE VITA, 16 July 2006 — We are in Rimini in northern Italy. We have a day off tomorrow due to too few Slovenians being interested enough to pay a week’s salary to see me perform for seventy-five minutes. My feelings aren’t hurt. Personally, I’m unaffected by this Balkan dis. But, I must […]

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Journal: Mozart, Jazz, and the Tower of London

— THE HILLS ARE ALIVE AND SO AM I, 7 July 2006 — I’m dictating this so it may not be any good. The last Journal From Europe is justly famous for it’s wit and insight. No, actually it isn’t. I’m beginning to forget things. We played Vienna two nights ago in the Opera House. […]

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